This December, I thought it best to look back into our communities as we approach the holiday season. Today, this episode highlights the economic impacts Covid 19 has had on schools, drug surges, and mental health impacts. As of November 2020, the World Bank data shows that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated two million…
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Africa representing over 17 percent of the world population, is responsible for less than four percent of global emissions. But the continent has significant assets in terms of carbon sinks. Jean-Paul Adam, the director forTechnology, Climate Change, and Natural Resourcesat the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), says the Congo basin alone accounts for three…
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Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa CABO DELGADO, Mozambique: As governments and communities rallied together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, other humanitarian crises caused by conflict and natural disasters continued unabated. A situation faced by Mozambique. A nation still wrestling with two…
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On average climate change is costing African economies 2 to 3percent of their GDPs. This is according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). On the hand, Covid19 is costing these economies GDPs between 1.7 to 2.7 percent. On this episode, Jean-Paul Adam the Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management…
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